Filipino senator faces backlash for blocking anti-gay discrimination

A senator in the Philippines is facing a backlash from the gay community after he demanded to remove sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) from a bill protecting minorities.

The Progressive Organization of Gays (ProGay Philippines) protested reports that Sotto is working to remove SOGI protections from the proposed Anti-Racial, Ethnic and Anti-Religious Discrimination Act of 2011.

Senator Tito Sotto, was allegedly reported by Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Brawner Baguilat Jr., a member of the House of Representatives that crafted a version of the bill, will be reconciled with the senate version in a two chamber conference.

Baguilat did not name any other senators who were supposedly opposed to SOGI.